Enrollment Trends at Southern Utah

The student population at Southern Utah University is 14,330 (12,649 undergraduate and 1,681 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 6,585 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Southern Utah is 88.27% which is increased by 5,632 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 953 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.45 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

3,962 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 1,383.90% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 10,499 where 14,330 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

88.27% of total students is undergraduate students and 11.73% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 5,632 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 953 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.45 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Southern Utah than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Southern Utah University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	7,745	7,017	3,165	3,852	728	300	428
2014-15	7,656 -89	6,953 -64	3,148 -17	3,805 -47	703 -25	283 -17	420 -8
2015-16	8,881 1,225	8,035 1,082	3,435 287	4,600 795	846 143	339 56	507 87
2016-17	9,299 418	8,407 372	3,580 145	4,827 227	892 46	378 39	514 7
2017-18	9,468 169	8,550 143	3,727 147	4,823 -4	918 26	404 26	514 0
2018-19	10,196 728	9,271 721	3,887 160	5,384 561	925 7	424 20	501 -13
2019-20	11,224 1,028	10,274 1,003	4,205 318	6,069 685	950 25	423 -1	527 26
2020-21	12,582 1,358	11,249 975	4,514 309	6,735 666	1,333 383	641 218	692 165
2021-22	13,611 1,029	12,080 831	4,878 364	7,202 467	1,531 198	715 74	816 124
2022-23	14,330 719	12,649 569	5,070 192	7,579 377	1,681 150	780 65	901 85
Average	10,499	9,449	3,961	5,488	1,051	469	582

Southern Utah University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 9,449 where 12,649 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Southern Utah University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	7,017	5,254	2,468	2,786	1,763	697	1,066
2014-15	6,953	5,131	2,428	2,703	1,822	720	1,102
2015-16	8,035	5,647	2,648	2,999	2,388	787	1,601
2016-17	8,407	5,879	2,693	3,186	2,528	887	1,641
2017-18	8,550	6,279	2,880	3,399	2,271	847	1,424
2018-19	9,271	6,808	3,049	3,759	2,463	838	1,625
2019-20	10,274	7,097	3,170	3,927	3,177	1,035	2,142
2020-21	11,249	7,652	3,344	4,308	3,597	1,170	2,427
2021-22	12,080	8,281	3,500	4,781	3,799	1,378	2,421
2022-23	12,649	8,085	3,442	4,643	4,564	1,628	2,936
Average	9,449	9,449	2,962	3,649	9,449	999	1,839

Southern Utah University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,051 where 1,681 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Southern Utah University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	728	167	100	67	561	200	361
2014-15	703	170	90	80	533	193	340
2015-16	846	197	98	99	649	241	408
2016-17	892	173	100	73	719	278	441
2017-18	918	206	119	87	712	285	427
2018-19	925	226	127	99	699	297	402
2019-20	950	236	133	103	714	290	424
2020-21	1,333	389	208	181	944	433	511
2021-22	1,531	332	171	161	1,199	544	655
2022-23	1,681	403	184	219	1,278	596	682
Average	1,051	1,051	133	117	1,051	336	465

Southern Utah University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 69.98%. The percentage was 82.17% 10 years ago and Southern Utah still has a high percentage of white students. 1.56% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.79% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southern Utah University over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	122	61	85	309	76	6,364	82
2014-15	89	61	102	359	78	6,093	54
2015-16	107	76	131	448	90	6,854	55
2016-17	114	101	156	489	128	6,995	38
2017-18	116	117	178	543	113	7,177	22
2018-19	129	133	202	600	116	7,367	13
2019-20	108	143	195	708	123	7,850	138
2020-21	134	189	213	838	113	9,319	146
2021-22	132	207	225	810	114	9,702	175
2022-23	139	223	256	978	126	10,028	125
Average	119	131	174	608	108	7,775	85

Southern Utah University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,962 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 28% of total students. The number of online students has increased 1,383.90% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Southern Utah University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	7,656	267	1,836	5,553
2015-16	8,881	408	2,767	5,706
2016-17	9,299	959	3,779	4,561
2017-18	9,468	836	4,176	4,456
2018-19	10,196	873	4,055	5,268
2019-20	11,224	1,227	2,724	7,273
2020-21	12,582	2,683	6,199	3,700
2021-22	13,611	3,075	4,613	5,923
2022-23	14,330	3,962	4,421	5,947
Average	10,805	1,588	3,841	5,376

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